State Ready For Snow

The early blast of winter seen in South Dakota this week did not catch the State Department of Transportation off guard.  D-O-T Secretary Darin Bergquist says they outfitted their big trucks with snow plows a few weeks ago….

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Bergquist says they don’t plan to cut any corners when it comes to snow removal this winter….….

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Bergquist says the D-O-T has about 500 snow plows and other pieces of snow-removal equipment in its fleet.

(courtesy KWAT, Watertown)